Which to use
“marque” and “marquise” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,747
- “marque” frequency rank
- #41,756
- “marquise” frequency rank
- 89503
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marque | marquise |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A brand of a manufactured product, especially of a motor car. | A marchioness, especially one who is French. |
Where the eye mixes marque and marquise
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. marque runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against marquise's 8 (CVCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between marque and marquise
A purely visual mix-up. marque (/ˈmɑː(ɹ)k/) and marquise (/mɑː(ɹ)ˈkiːz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89503, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marque is recorded at frequency rank #47,747, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɑː(ɹ)k/. marquise is at rank #41,756, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɑː(ɹ)ˈkiːz/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 89503, this pair ranks #5,127 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of marque vs marquise
Shared letters: aemqru. Private to "marque": -. Private to "marquise": is.
"marque" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "marquise" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "marque" and "marquise" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "marque" or "marquise" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "marque" and "marquise" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "marque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marquise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,127 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marque" and "marquise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Marne vs marque". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #5,127 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.